Proposal to update the rule governing Navarra's Economic Agreement

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1. The bill, introduced by the Mixed Parliamentary Group, would amend the second additional provision of the Organic Laworganic law A law on fundamental rights, the electoral system or other matters the Constitution reserves. It needs an absolute majority in the Congreso: 176 votes. on regional financing, unchanged since 1980.
2. The new wording would state that the financial and tax activity of the Foral Community of Navarra is governed by the Economic Agreement, under Article 45 of the LORAFNALORAFNA 1982 law recognizing and improving Navarra's foral system., and that its own non-agreed taxes would be governed only by Article 2.2 of that Agreement.
3. The explanatory statement notes that in 1980 Navarra was not an autonomous community, so the law referred to Navarra as a territory, not as a Foral Community, a status it gained in 1982.

Who it affects

• The Foral Community of Navarra, whose financial and tax system is the subject of the bill.: Its Economic Agreement would be expressly cited as the rule governing its financial and tax activity.
• The State and the other autonomous communities: It would be made clear that Navarra's own non-agreed taxes are governed only by the Economic Agreement.

Words worth knowing

Convenio Económico (Economic Agreement)

Agreement setting how Navarra collects its taxes and how much it contributes to the State.

LORAFNA

1982 law recognizing and improving Navarra's foral system.

Bloque de constitucionalidad (block of constitutionality)

Set of rules used to judge whether a law is constitutional.

organic law

A law on fundamental rights, the electoral system or other matters the Constitution reserves. It needs an absolute majority in the Congreso: 176 votes.

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